[JClishe]

I agree about the plasticy feeling, that turned me off initially as well. But I bought a Body Glove rubberized cover for it and now that's no longer an issue.

Regarding speed, the AT&T rep in the store told me that when they got the WP7 phones, the staff did some side by side speed tests of WP7, iPhone, and Android and said that, surprisingly, the WP7 phone felt faster than even the iPhone. My wife has an iPhone 4 and last night she played with the Focus for about 10 minutes and she also told me that the Focus generally felt faster than her iPhone.

I'm super impressed with the Focus as what's basically a v1 device.